Last for overshoes



(No Model.)

P. D. FRY.

LAST FOR OVERSHOES. No. 392,550. Patented Nov. 6, 1888'.

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FREDERICK D. FRY, OF DANBURY, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGN OR TO HENRY WV. BENEDICT AND THEODORE H. BENEDICT, BOTH OF SAME PLACE.

LAST FDR OVERSHOES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 392,550, dated November 6, 1888}.

Application filed April 5, 1883. Serial No. 269,724. (No model) To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK D. FRY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Danbury, in the county of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Lasts for Overshoes; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to the manufacture of overshoes of the class described and claimed in Patents Nos. 364,006, dated May 31, 1887, and 368,663, dated August 23, 1887, and has for its object to provide a last upon which overshoes having inwa'rdly-proi ecting contactpoints upon the counters,or overshoes in which the counters are inwardly curved just above the heel, may be molded or formed, and which will permit the ready removal of the overshoe from the last as soon as the operations of curing and finishing have been completed,and without the necessity for any portion of the last being detached at each operation.

With these ends in View I have devised the simple and novel last, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specificatiomnumbers being used to denote the several parts.

Figure l is a side elevation of my improved last, the hinged heel-plate being in operative position and an overshoe shown in section on the last; Fig. 2, a bottom plan view of the last; Fig. 3, a rear elevation thereof; and Fig. 4 is a side elevation, a portion of the last being broken away on the line a x in Fig. 2, the lowered position of the heel-plate being shown in dotted lines.

1 denotes the last; 2, the heel plate; 3, the overshoe, and 4., the inwardly-projecting portions or contact-points on the counter of the overshoe. It will of course be apparent that the heel and lower portion of the counter of the overshoe are not molded upon thelast, but upon plate 2. It will furthermore be apparent that the exact shape of the last and of the heel-plate is not of the essence of my invention, as they must necessarily be varied in contour to adapt overshoes to different styles of shoe-heels, and also to provide for different modes of forming the contact-points which project inward from the counter of the overshoe to engage the shoe-heel.

The essential principle of my invention is that the heel-plate is hinged to the last in such a manner that when folded up against the last a perfectly smooth surface will be presented over which to mold the overshoe, and which, when the rear portion of the overshoeis drawn off from the last, will drop downward and forward, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 4. The heel-plate will then readily pass out from the overshoe and will fold up against the last as before, so that the overshoe may be slipped forward and removed from the last in the usual manner.

The heel plate is preferably made from metal, and in the present instance I have shown it as provided with ears 5, which project up into socket 6 in the last, and are pivoted there by a pin, 7, located at the forward ends of the ears and passing through the last and through all of the ears, two being shown in the present instance. It will be noticed that thelower part of the heel portion of thelast and the edge of the upper side of the heel-plate are inclined inward toward each other, forming a depression, which I have denoted by 9. This depression is the mold in which the inward projections or contact-points upon the counters of the overshoes are formed, the same construction being adapted to the manufacture of either of the styles of overshoes described and claimed in the patents above referred to, or those in the pending application of myself and Henry WV. Benedict, filed of even date herewith, Serial No. 269,721.

It will of course be understood that variations in the shape, size, and location. of the projections in order to adapt the overshoes to fit closely upon different styles of shoe-heels are made by varying the shape and size of the heel-plate, and also by altering the contour of the lower part of the heel portion of the last. In the present instance depression 9 is shown as terminating in a shoulder, 8.

The molding and curing of the overshoes may be performed in the usual or any preferred manner,and is not described, as it forms no portion of my present invention.

I elaim II- As an improved manufacture, a last for overshoes having a heel-plate pivoted to the under side of the last, so that in removing an overshoe said heel-plate will drop downward and forward as the rear portion is removed from the last and will then slip out from the overshoc, permitting the latter to pass off from the last in the usual manner.

2. A last for molding overshoes, having inwardly-projecting contact-points on the counters, said last having pivoted to the under side thereof a heel-plate adapted to fold upward against the heel portion of the last and to drop downward and forward away from the last in removing an overshoe, the lower part of the heel portion of the last and the edge of the upper side of the heel-platebeing inclined inward toward each other, so as to form a depression, t), in which to mold the contactpoints upon the overshoe.

3. The combination, with a last having sockets in its bottom, of a heel-plate having ears lying in said sockets, and a pin passing through the forward ends of said ears and through the last, so that said hee1-plate in dropping away from the last will also swing forward away from the heel.

4. The combination, with a last having socketsin the bottom and shoulders 8 at the sides thereof, of a heel-plate having ears pivoted within said sockets, said heel-plate and the heel portion of the last being beveled inward to form depression 9, which terminates at said shoulder.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FREDERICK D. FRY.

\Vitnesses:

A. S. GRAY, NORMAN Honda. 

